Think like a Pro: 4 of the 5 Methods of Plot
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Last on the Train Wreck
Cassie Sharp says it better than anyone else can: https://cassiesharpbooks.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/open-letter-to-faleena-hopkins/ It's sad, really. For everyone.
The Train Wreck becomes agonizingly slow.
You have to wonder. I mean, what happens when things become indefensible? Flight or Fight. That's the two reactions. Or as Rory Miller writes: lizard brain, monkey brain, human brain. Gut. Emotion. Logic. Which should come into play? When I returned to this page to update labels, etc., I discovered that the writer in search of a SNAFU had removed her rant from YouTube. The old link led to nothingness. Here's a new link, with the latest, from May 25.
More on the Slow Train Wreck
My goodness! The train just keeps wrecking. Romance Writers of America is now involved. Amazon, as RWA's request, is no longer removing books and reviews that were purported to be in violation of trademark (which is impossible, since a single word cannot be trademarked). Here's more on the train wreck in progress. Victoria Strauss on SFWA's Writers Beware blog is "Weighing In": https://accrispin.blogspot.com/ From Mark Whipple's Legal Inspiration blog: http://legalinspiration.com/?p=503 And Sasha White gives us 18 minutes that are well worth watching:
Slow Train Wrecks
If you haven't heard the c*ck-up about trademarking a word (which can't be done, unless the word is used in a non-usual sense, like Apple Computers), then here's a brief summary, courtesy of Courtney Milan's twitter stream. click to read
7 Types of Plot Detailed
If you're struggling with your writing, head over the Writers Ink Services for the recent blog on the 7 Types of Plot. All of us struggle with some element of story construction, whether it's characters or genre tropes or setting or plot. Plot is the foundation of story, or as M.A. Lee says, it's the most important structural element. Just like a house's foundation, the plot has to be right. Writers Ink is working through the manual Think like a Pro: New Advent for Writers , and Plot is the third chapter, the One Guiding Decision. Lee says it may take five separate blogs to get everything about plot said, and she's updating the manual as she goes, preparing for a Revised Edition. But for now, to learn about the 7 Types of Plot, click this link .
New from Writers Ink Books
Writers Ink, my own publisher, is putting out two books right now. Both are exclusively available on Amazon as Kindle ebooks. The first is by my friend Remi Black, who likes fantasy with a bit of a harder edge. (I like my fantasy light, as you can tell from my More than a Wizard . I'm currently working on a sequel to that book. I gave you a sneak peek a couple of weeks ago. Look for more sneak peeks later.) Remi Black is writing the Enclave series: wizards against sorcerers, wyre against Rhoghieri, Fae against dragons. The first book dealt with the wizards and Fae fighting a sorcerer and wyre: Weave a Wizardry Web . This story has dual protagonists: A minor wizard Camisse finds herself attracted to a Fae in disguise while the great wizard Alstera struggles alone against the temptations of darker power. The second book Dream a Deadly Dream picks up with Alstera, one of Web's protagonists, trying to help a countess-in-hid...